Leading Edge

Leading Edge is a community of individual leaders that recognize our future depends on a healthy planet. Leading Edge was intentionally designed to provide opportunities for creative and impactful minds from the business sector and beyond to lend their ideas, resources, and expertise to The Conservation Alliance’s pragmatic and business-led approach to conservation.

Join the Leading Edge Program

Maximize your individual impact through collective action!

All Leading Edge members receive direct communication from TCA’s Executive Director, including insider insights about our public lands and conservation victories and opportunities.

Leading Edge annual membership levels and benefits below:

$1,000 – Supporter

Benefits include: Insider insights and direct communication from TCA’s Executive Director

$5,000 – Advocate

Benefits include: Insider news and direct communication from TCA’s Executive Director; Invitation to annual Leading Edge webinar and TCA Summit

$10,000 – Defender

Benefits include: Insider news and direct communication from TCA’s Executive Director; Invitation to annual Leading Edge webinar with networking opportunity with guest speaker; TCA Summit; DC Fly-In and exclusive reception

$50,000 – Champion

Benefits include: Insider news and direct communication from TCA’s Executive Director; Invitation to annual Leading Edge webinar with networking opportunity with guest speaker; participation in a trip to a priority campaign landscape.

To learn more about Leading Edge and join, contact
info@conservationalliance.com

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Leading Edge Founding Members (2017-2022)

Founding Members of Leading Edge are outdoor industry leaders who wanted to ensure that conservation remains a priority for our community of businesses that depend on protected wild places. These individuals made an initial three-year $5,000 annual commitment when the program was launched in 2017. We’d like to thank and acknowledge the following Leading Edge founders:

Steve Barker
Tom Campion
Yvon and Malinda Chouinard
Fred Clark
Deven Clemens
John Connelly
Joe Craig
Adam Forest
Lee Fromson
Matt Hyde
Bill Kulczycki
Dennis Madsen
Rose Marcario
Mark Martin
Sally McCoy
Steve Meineke
Peter Metcalf
Steve Rendle
Kirk Richardson
Mike Pfotenhauer and Diane Wren
Casey Sheahan
Todd Spaletto
Jerry Stritzke
Beaver Theodosakis

Current Members (2023-Present):
Linda Balfour
Jeffrey Bowman
Deven Clemens
Yvon and Malinda Chouinard
Joe Craig
James Empson
Bill Gregg
Donna and Michael Kaplan
Steve Meineke
Peter Metcalf
Jan Nachingler
Cheryl Olseth
Belinda Sanda Sales
Jim and Melissa Rappaport Shifman